List of navies

This is a list of navies.

List of navies, by country

Navies for all present countries are shown below.

CountryNavyFoundedEndonymRef.
 Abkhazia  Abkhazian Navy1992; 32 years ago (1992)Abkhaz: Военно-морские силы Республики Абхазия, romanized: Voyenno-morskiye sily Respubliki Abkhaziya[1]
 Albania  Albanian Naval Force1925; 99 years ago (1925)Albanian: Forcat e Mbrojtes Detare Shqipetare[2]
 Algeria  Algerian National Navy1963; 61 years ago (1963)Arabic: البحرية الوطنية الجزائرية, romanizedalbahriat alwataniat aljazayiria[3]
 Angola  Angolan Navy1977; 47 years ago (1977)Portuguese: Marinha de Guerra Angolana[4]
 Antigua and Barbuda  Antigua and Barbuda Coast Guard1981; 43 years ago (1981)[5]
 Argentina  Argentine Navy1810; 214 years ago (1810)Spanish: Armada de la República Argentina[6]
 Australia  Royal Australian Navy1911; 113 years ago (1911)[7]
 Azerbaijan  Azerbaijani Navy1919; 105 years ago (1919)Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan hərbi dəniz qüvvələri[8]
 Bahamas  Royal Bahamas Defence Force1980; 44 years ago (1980)[9][10]
 Bahrain  Royal Bahrain Naval Force1969; 55 years ago (1969)Arabic: البحرية الملكية البحرينية, romanizedalbahriat almalakiat albahraynia
 Bangladesh  Bangladesh Navy1971; 53 years ago (1971)Bengali: বাংলাদেশ নৌ বাহিনী, romanizedBānlādēśa naubāhinī[11]
 Barbados  Barbados Coast Guard1979; 45 years ago (1979)[12]
 Belgium  Belgian Navy1831; 193 years ago (1831)Dutch: Marinecomponent
French: Composante Marine
[13]
 BelizeBelize Coast Guard1978; 46 years ago (1978)[14]
 Benin  Benin Navy1978; 46 years ago (1978)French: Forces navales béninoises[15]
 Bolivia  Bolivian Naval Force1963; 61 years ago (1963)Spanish: Fuerza Naval Boliviana[16]
 Brazil  Brazilian Navy1822; 202 years ago (1822)Portuguese: Marinha do Brasil[17]
 Brunei  Royal Brunei Navy1965; 59 years ago (1965)Malay: Tentera Laut Diraja Brunei[18]
 Bulgaria  Bulgarian Navy1899; 125 years ago (1899)Bulgarian: Военноморски сили на Република България, romanizedVoennomorski sili na Republika Balgariya[19]
 Cambodia  Royal Cambodian Navy1953; 71 years ago (1953)Khmer: កងទ័ពជើងទឹក, romanizedKângtoăp Cheung Tœ̆k
 Cameroon  Cameroon Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)French: Marine nationale[20]
 Canada  Royal Canadian Navy1910; 114 years ago (1910)French: Marine royale canadienne[21]
 Cape Verde  Cape Verdean Coast Guard1975; 49 years ago (1975)Portuguese: Guarda Costeira
 Cayman IslandsCayman Islands Coast Guard2021; 3 years ago (2021)
 Chile  Chilean Navy1817; 207 years ago (1817)Spanish: Armada de Chile[22]
 People's Republic of China  People's Liberation Army Navy1949; 75 years ago (1949)Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军; pinyin: Zhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Hǎijūn[23]
 Republic of China (Taiwan)  Republic of China Navy1924; 100 years ago (1924)Chinese: 中華民國海軍; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Hǎijūn
 Colombia  Colombian National Navy1823; 201 years ago (1823)Spanish: Armada Nacional de Colombia[24]
 Comoros  Comorian Navy1997; 27 years ago (1997)French: Garde-côtes
 Democratic Republic of the Congo  Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo1960; 64 years ago (1960)French: Marine Nationale
 Republic of the Congo Congolese Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)French: Marine Nationale
 Costa Rica  Costa Rican Coast Guard1949; 75 years ago (1949)Spanish: Guardia Civil
 Côte d'Ivoire Ivorian Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)French: Marine Nationale
 Croatia  Croatian Navy1991; 33 years ago (1991)Croatian: Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica[25]
 Cuba  Cuban Revolutionary Navy1963; 61 years ago (1963)Spanish: Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria[26]
 Cyprus  Cyprus Navy1964; 60 years ago (1964)Greek: Ναυτική Διοίκηση Κύπρου, romanizedNaftikí Dioíkisi Kýprou
Turkish: Kıbrıs Deniz Kuvvetleri
[27]
 Northern Cyprus TRNC Coast Guard Command1978; 46 years ago (1978)Turkish: KKTC Sahil Güvenlik Komutanlığı
 Denmark  Royal Danish Navy1510; 514 years ago (1510)Danish: Søværnet[28]
 Djibouti  Djiboutian Navy1979; 45 years ago (1979)French: Garde-Cotes
 Dominican Republic  Dominican Navy1844; 180 years ago (1844)Spanish: Armada de República Dominicana[29][30]
 East Timor East Timorese Navy2002; 22 years ago (2002)Portuguese: Componente Naval das F-FDTL[31]
 Ecuador  Ecuadorian Navy1832; 192 years ago (1832)Spanish: Armada del Ecuador[32]
 Egypt  Egyptian Navy1967; 57 years ago (1967)Arabic: البحرية المصرية, romanizedEl-Quwwāt el-Bahareya el-Miṣriyya[33]
 El Salvador  Navy of El Salvador1951; 73 years ago (1951)Spanish: Fuerza Naval de El Salvador[34]
 Equatorial Guinea  Navy of Equatorial Guinea1968; 56 years ago (1968)Spanish: Marina de guerra
 Eritrea  Eritrean Navy1961; 63 years ago (1961)
 Estonia  Estonian Navy1918; 106 years ago (1918)Estonian: Merevägi[35][36]
 Fiji  Republic of Fiji Navy1975; 49 years ago (1975)[37]
 Finland  Finnish Navy1918; 106 years ago (1918)Finnish: Suomen merivoimat
Swedish: Finländska marinen
[38]
 France  French Navy1624; 400 years ago (1624)French: Marine Nationale[39]
 Gabon  Gabonese Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)French: Marine Nationale
 Gambia  Gambian Navy1965; 59 years ago (1965)French: Marine Nationale
 Georgia  Coast Guard of Georgia1998; 26 years ago (1998)Georgian: საქართველოს სანაპირო დაცვა, romanized: sakartvelos sanap'iro datsva[40]
 Germany  German Navy1956; 68 years ago (1956)German: Deutsche Marine[41]
 Ghana  Ghana Navy1959; 65 years ago (1959)[42]
 Greece  Hellenic Navy1828; 196 years ago (1828)Greek: Πολεμικό Ναυτικό, romanizedPolemikó Naftikó[43]
 Grenada  Coast Guard of Grenada1974; 50 years ago (1974)
 Guatemala  Guatemalan Navy1959; 65 years ago (1959)Spanish: Armada de Guatemala[44]
 Guinea Navy of Guinea-Conakry1958; 66 years ago (1958)Spanish: Marine de guerre
 Guinea-Bissau Guinean Navy1973; 51 years ago (1973)Portuguese: Marinha Nacional Popular
 Guyana  Guyanese Coast Guard1966; 58 years ago (1966)
 Haiti Haitian Coast Guard2011; 13 years ago (2011)French: Commissariat des Gardes-Côtes d’Haïti
 Honduras  Honduran Navy1976; 48 years ago (1976)Spanish: Fuerza Naval de Honduras
 Iceland  Icelandic Coast Guard1926; 98 years ago (1926)Icelandic: Landhelgisgæsla Íslands[45]
 India  Indian Navy1612; 412 years ago (1612)Hindi: भारतीय नौसेना, romanizedbhaarateey nausena[46]
 Indonesia  Indonesian Navy1945; 79 years ago (1945)Indonesian: Tentara Nasional Indonesia Angkatan Laut[47]
 Iran  Islamic Republic of Iran Navy1923; 101 years ago (1923)Persian: نیروی دریایی ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران, romanizedNiru-ye Daryâ'i-ye Artesh-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Irân
 Iran  Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy1985; 39 years ago (1985)Persian: نیروی دریایی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanizedniru-ye daryâyi-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi
 Iraq  Iraqi Navy1937; 87 years ago (1937)Arabic: البحرية العراقية, romanizedalbahriat aleiraqia
 Ireland  Irish Naval Service1946; 78 years ago (1946)Irish: An tSeirbhís Chabhlaigh[48][49]
 Israel  Israeli Navy1948; 76 years ago (1948)Hebrew: חיל הים הישראלי, romanizedḤeil HaYam HaYisraeli[50]
 Italy  Italian Navy1861; 163 years ago (1861)Italian: Marina Militare[51]
 Jamaica  Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard1963; 61 years ago (1963)[52]
 Japan  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force1954; 70 years ago (1954)Japanese: 海上自衛隊, romanizedKaijō Jieitai[53]
 Jordan  Royal Jordanian Navy1951; 73 years ago (1951)Arabic: القوة البحرية الاردنية, romanizedalquat albahriat alardinia[54]
 Kazakhstan  Kazakh Naval Forces1993; 31 years ago (1993)Kazakh: Қазақстан Әскери-теңіз күштері, romanized: Qazaqstan Äskeri-teñız küşterı[55]
 Kenya  Kenya Navy1964; 60 years ago (1964)Swahili: Jeshi la Wanamaji[56]
 North Korea  Korean People's Navy1946; 78 years ago (1946)Korean: 조선인민군 해군, romanizedChosŏn-inmingun Haegun[57]
 South Korea  Republic of Korea Navy1945; 79 years ago (1945)Korean: 대한민국 해군, romanizedDaehan-minguk Haegun[58][59]
 Kuwait  Kuwait Navy1961; 63 years ago (1961)Arabic: القوة البحرية الكويتية, romanizedAl-Quwwat Al-Bahriyah Al-Kuwaitiyah
 Laos Lao People's Navy1975; 49 years ago (1975)
 Latvia  Latvian Naval Forces1919; 105 years ago (1919)Latvian: Latvijas Jūras Spēki[60]
 Lebanon  Lebanese Navy1950; 74 years ago (1950)Arabic: القوات البحرية اللبنانية, romanizedAl-qūwātu al-Baḥriyya al-Lubnāniyya[61]
 Liberia Liberian National Coast Guard1959; 65 years ago (1959)[62]
 Libya  Libyan Navy1962; 62 years ago (1962)Arabic: القوات البحرية الليبية, romanizedalquaat albahriat alliybia[63]
 Lithuania  Lithuanian Naval Force1935; 89 years ago (1935)Lithuanian: Lietuvos Karinės Jūrų Pajėgos[64]
 Madagascar  Madagascar Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)Malagasy: Tafika andranomasina
French: Marine de Madagascar
 Malawi Malawi Marine Unit1978; 46 years ago (1978)[65]
 Malaysia  Royal Malaysian Navy1934; 90 years ago (1934)Malay: Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia[66][67]
 Maldives Maldivian Coast Guard1980; 44 years ago (1980)[68]
 Malta  Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta1970; 54 years ago (1970)Maltese: Skwadra Marittima tal-Forzi Armati ta' Malta
 Mauritania  Mauritanian Navy1966; 58 years ago (1966)Arabic: القوات البحرية, romanizedalquaat albahria
 Mauritius  National Coast Guard of Mauritius1968; 56 years ago (1968)Morisyen: Gad Kòt Nasyonal
French: Marine Mauricienne
 Mexico  Mexican Navy1821; 203 years ago (1821)Spanish: Armada de México[69]
 Montenegro  Montenegrin Navy2006; 18 years ago (2006)Montenegrin: Mornarica Vojske Crne Gore[70]
 Morocco  Royal Moroccan Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)Arabic: البحرية الملكية المغربية, romanizedalquaat albahriat almalakiat almaghribia[71]
 Mozambique Mozambique Navy1994; 30 years ago (1994)Portuguese: Marinha de Guerra de Moçambique
 Myanmar  Myanmar Navy1947; 77 years ago (1947)Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ရေ), romanizedTapma.tau (ray)[72]
 Namibia  Namibian Navy2004; 20 years ago (2004)[73]
 The Netherlands  Royal Netherlands Navy1488; 536 years ago (1488)Dutch: Koninklijke Marine[74]
Dutch Caribbean Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard1996; 28 years ago (1996)Dutch: Kustwacht Caribisch Gebied
 New Zealand  Royal New Zealand Navy1941; 83 years ago (1941)Māori: Te Taua Moana o Aotearoa[75]
 Nicaragua  Nicaraguan Navy1980; 44 years ago (1980)Spanish: Fuerza Naval del Ejercito de Nicaragua[76]
 Nigeria  Nigerian Navy1956; 68 years ago (1956)[77]
 North MacedoniaMacedonian Lake Patrol Police1991; 33 years ago (1991)Macedonian: Македонска езерска полиција, romanizedМакедонска езерска полиција
 Norway  Royal Norwegian Navy1814; 210 years ago (1814)Norwegian: Sjøforsvaret[78]
 Oman  Royal Navy of Oman1970; 54 years ago (1970)Arabic: بحرية عمان السلطانية, romanizedbihriat euman alsultania[79]
 Pakistan  Pakistan Navy1947; 77 years ago (1947)Urdu: پاکستان بحریہ, romanizedākistān Bāhrí'a[80]
 Palestine Palestinian Naval Police1995; 29 years ago (1995)Arabic: الشرطة البحرية, romanizedalshurtat albahria[81]
 Panama National Aeronaval Service2008; 16 years ago (2008)Spanish: Servicio Nacional Aeronaval
 Papua New Guinea  Papua New Guinea Maritime Element1973; 51 years ago (1973)
 Paraguay  Paraguayan Navy1811; 213 years ago (1811)Spanish: Armada Paraguaya
 Peru  Peruvian Navy1821; 203 years ago (1821)Spanish: Marina de Guerra del Perú[82][83]
 Philippines  Philippine Navy1898; 126 years ago (1898)Tagalog: Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas
Spanish: Fuerza Naval de Filipinas
[84]
 Poland  Polish Navy1918; 106 years ago (1918)Polish: Marynarka Wojenna RP[85]
 Portugal  Portuguese Navy1317; 707 years ago (1317)Portuguese: Marinha Portuguesa[86]
 Qatar  Qatari Emiri Navy1971; 53 years ago (1971)Arabic: البحرية الأميري القطرية, romanizedAl-Bahriyah Al-Amiriyah Al-Qatariyah
 Romania  Romanian Naval Forces1860; 164 years ago (1860)Romanian: Forţele Navale Române[87]
 Russia  Russian Navy1696; 328 years ago (1696)Russian: Военно-морской флот Российской Федерации, romanizedVoyenno-morskoy flot Rossiyskoy Federatsii[88]
 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe Coast Guard1968; 56 years ago (1968)Portuguese: Guarda Costeira
 Saudi Arabia  Royal Saudi Navy1957; 67 years ago (1957)Arabic: البَحْريَّة الْمَلكيَّة السُّعُودِيَّة, romanizedAl-Quwwat al-Bahriyah al-Arabiyah as-Su'udiyah[89]
 Senegal Senegalese Navy1975; 49 years ago (1975)French: Armée de mer[90]
 Seychelles  Seychelles Coast Guard1992; 32 years ago (1992)[91]
 Serbia  Serbian River Flotilla1915; 109 years ago (1915)Serbian: Речна флотила, romanizedRečna flotila[92]
 Sierra Leone  Sierra Leone Navy1981; 43 years ago (1981)[93]
 Singapore  Republic of Singapore Navy1967; 57 years ago (1967)Malay: Angkatan Laut Republik Singapura[94]
 Slovenia  Slovenia Navy1993; 31 years ago (1993)Slovene: Slovenska Mornarica[95]
 Somalia  Somali Navy1964; 60 years ago (1964)Somali: Ciidamada Badda Soomaaliyeed
 Somaliland Somaliland Coast Guard1995; 29 years ago (1995)Somali: Ciidanka Badda Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland
 South Africa  South African Navy1922; 102 years ago (1922)Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Vloot[96][97]
 Spain  Spanish Navy1479; 545 years ago (1479)Spanish: Armada Española
 Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka Navy1950; 74 years ago (1950)Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව, romanized: Sri Lanka Navika Hamudawa[98]
 Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard1896; 128 years ago (1896)
 Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard1980; 44 years ago (1980)
 Sudan  Sudanese Navy1962; 62 years ago (1962)Arabic: الحرس الجمهوري, romanizedalharas aljumhuriu
 Suriname Suriname Navy1977; 47 years ago (1977)
 Sweden  Swedish Navy1522; 502 years ago (1522)Swedish: Marinen[99]
  Switzerland Swiss Lakes Flotilla1941; 83 years ago (1941)German: Motorbootkompanie[100]
 Syria  Syrian Arab Navy1950; 74 years ago (1950)Arabic: الْبَحْرِيَّةُ الْعَرَبِيَّةُ السُّورِيَّةُ, romanizedal-Baḥrīyah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah
 Tanzania  Tanzania Naval Command1971; 53 years ago (1971)Swahili: Kamandi ya Jeshi la Majini
 Thailand  Royal Thai Navy1887; 137 years ago (1887)Thai: กองทัพเรือไทย, romanizedkong thap ruea thai[101]
 Togo Togolese Navy1960; 64 years ago (1960)French: Marine Nationale
 Tonga  Tongan Navy1973; 51 years ago (1973)
 Trinidad and Tobago  Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard1962; 62 years ago (1962)[102]
 Tunisia  Tunisian National Navy1956; 68 years ago (1956)French: Marine nationale tunisienne[103]
 Turkey  Turkish Navy1920; 104 years ago (1920)Turkish: Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri[104]
 Turkmenistan  Turkmen Naval Forces1992; 32 years ago (1992)Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Harby-deňiz Güýçleriis
 Ukraine  Ukrainian Navy1992; 32 years ago (1992)Ukrainian: Військово-морські сили Збройних сил України, romanizedViysʹkovo-morsʹki syly Zbroynykh syl Ukrayiny[105]
 United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates Navy1971; 53 years ago (1971)Arabic: البحرية الامارات العربية المتحدة, romanizedal-Baḥrīyah alamarat alearabiat almutahida
 United Kingdom  Royal Navy1546; 478 years ago (1546)[106]
 United States  United States Navy1775; 249 years ago (1775)[107]
 Uruguay  National Navy of Uruguay1817; 207 years ago (1817)Spanish: Armada Nacional de Uruguay[108]
 Uzbekistan  Uzbek River Force1992; 32 years ago (1992)Uzbek: Amudaryo daryo floti
 Venezuela  Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela1811; 213 years ago (1811)Spanish: Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela[109]
 Vietnam  Vietnam People's Navy1955; 69 years ago (1955)Vietnamese: Hải quân Nhân dân Việt Nam[110]
 Yemen  Yemeni Navy1990; 34 years ago (1990)Arabic: القوات البحرية اليمنية, romanizedalquaat albahriat alyamania

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